Naturally degradable acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile polymers

ABSTRACT

A uniform copolymer containing 50 to 98% molar of acrylonitrile units or 50 to 99.5% molar of methacrylonitrile units suitable for making naturally degradable articles (wrappings, bottles) which contains as at least one copolymerized component thereof 0.1 to 25% molar of uniformly distributed units of an ethylenically unsaturated ketone of specified formula.



